Just wondered what mums with experience of coeliacs thought of this:
My DS (6) is on around the 9th centile for height, which is a bit shorter than you'd expect based on my and DP's heights (although still just about in the expected range given in the red book). Would this alone be enough to make you think of coeliacs? He was born on the 50th and dropped to 9th over a couple of years.
When he was 3, I got a blood test done because I was worried about height (GP said he wasn't worried, but ordered various things, like full blood count, thyroid and I think maybe coeliac antibodies - though there were so many things I can't remember), which all came back normal. He's definitely not underweight for height (on the slightly chubby side, though not overweight). No major tummy worries except that he can be a bit windy (this is not constant and may be related to diet - he eats loads of fruit and veg). Very occasional tummy ache but otherwise regular bowels etc. Was constipated as a baby but this went away with better fluid intake.
He has eczema, but basically he's well, energetic and happy.
In my position, would you push the coeliacs possibility and get him retested? (he HATES needles, so I'd be loathe to unless necessary). Or am I overthinking things?
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ClockWatchingLady · 27/03/2013 16:05
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